Join Dr Lucy Burns and guest, Nikki Simpson, for a captivating conversation around the world of lipoedema, diet culture, and the power of real food in healing both the body and mind. Lipoedema, a condition affecting the adipose (fatty) tissue of the body, remains widely undiagnosed, silently affecting countless women. Nikki courageously shares her personal journey of self diagnosing lipoedema after many years of believing that her growing lower body was due to overeating. This misguided belief led to a long deep plunge into diet culture, where she embarked on a relentless cycle of restriction, low fat eating, and excessive exercise. Dismissed by many healthcare practitioners, Nikki used her expertise as a medical scientist to research why adhering to the prevailing advice around calories and exercise was not working. This scientific exploration led her to the life changing benefits of a keto diet, which in turn led to a profound healing of the chronic fatigue and debilitating pain that Nikki had endured for years.  Tune in to this compelling episode to discover how Nikki's journey towards healing unfolded, the book that launched both Dr Lucy and Nikki on their paths to real health, and the health levers Dr Lucy prescribes for taking control of your own health, ditching the diets for good!

Episode, show notes and transcript:
https://www.rlmedicine.com/154 

Could you have lipoedema? Take our quiz:
https://www.rlmedicine.com/lipo 

Lipoedema Inflammation Buster Package:
https://www.rlmedicine.com/lipoedema 

Scientific paper:
“Ketogenic diet as a potential intervention for lipedema”
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346677939_Ketogenic_diet_as_a_potential_intervention_for_lipedema 

Scientific paper:
“Experience of participants with chronic pain in a pilot randomized clinical trial using a ketogenic diet”
https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/abs/10.2217/pmt-2021-0084 

Real Health and Weight Loss Podcast, Episode 101: 
Can Diet Help with Chronic Pain?
https://www.rlmedicine.com/101